Player Dossier

2023-2025

California

Ryan McCulloch

LB • 6'3" • 255 lbs • Duarte, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ryan McCulloch shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34 disruption score.

Usage / Role

26%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

99

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

69

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · California

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
California
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State

Player Story

Ryan McCulloch built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Duarte, CA wearing No. 43, spending time with California. The clearest part of Ryan McCulloch's career was his defensive production:...

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Ryan McCulloch, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · California. Ryan McCulloch shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
38
TFL
7.5
Sacks
4.5
QB hurries
13
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Ryan McCulloch quick answers

Latest team and position
California · LB
Career Tackles
38
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · California
Top game
Oregon State
High school pipeline
Rio Hondo Preparatory School · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 43 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
11 tackles · LB 737th (top 58%) · ACC 361st (top 46%) · National 2,857th (top 47%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 PostseasonCalifornia72-0-1015.5
2023 Regular SeasonCalifornia770.501-015.5
2024 PostseasonCalifornia10211--059.6
2024 Regular SeasonCalifornia10163.5281059.6
2025 Regular SeasonCalifornia4112.51.541058.3

Related Context

Ryan McCulloch played LB for California. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ryan McCulloch recorded 38 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with California.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

California paired 16.5 primary output with 24 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 34 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · California

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

2.3

Efficiency

34

Usage

10

Consistency

61.5

Best Game by takeover score

Oregon State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon State: 5. Texas Southern: 2. Minnesota: 2. San Diego State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oregon State: 4 by 66.7. Texas Southern: 1 by 24.2. Minnesota: 4 by 36.7. San Diego State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins3 · Games = 3 · +3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oregon State

Best efficiency game

66.7 vs Oregon State

Result
Sun 9/21@ San Diego StateL 0-3422000
Sun 9/14vs MinnesotaSplash gameW 27-1442001
Sat 9/6vs Texas SouthernSplash gameW 35-311110
Sun 8/31@ Oregon StateSplash gameW 34-15411.500.500

Player Story

Ryan McCulloch story

Ryan McCulloch built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Duarte, CA wearing No. 43, spending time with California. The clearest part of Ryan McCulloch's career was his defensive production: 38 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. His career also includes 26 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ryan McCulloch's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    California

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonCalifornia2.58.92.9
2023 Regular SeasonCalifornia2.58.92.90
2024 PostseasonCalifornia16.5247.814
2024 Regular SeasonCalifornia16.5247.80
2025 Regular SeasonCalifornia93410-7.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 126 Oregon State

Week 1 · W 34-15

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

@ SMU

Week 14 · L 6-38 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#3

@ Wake Forest

Week 11 · W 46-36 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

61.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

#4

vs San Diego State

Week 3 · W 31-10

2.5

Havoc Plays

58.9 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.

#5

vs UC Davis

Week 1 · W 31-13

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Havoc Plays

57.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · California

16.5 primary output · 24 efficiency · 7.8 usage

59.6

#2

2024 Regular Season · California

59.6

16.5 primary · 24 efficiency · 7.8 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · California

58.3

9 primary · 34 efficiency · 10 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

8

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games